Consumers should know if GMO is in their food: PennLive letters

State Sen. Daylin Leach and twelve others are sponsoring Senate Bill 653, which requires the labeling of genetically modifed foods.

So how did 95 percent of sugar beets, 91 percent of soybeans, 85 percent of corn and 70 percent of all processed foods come to be genetically modified?

It turns out that big agra like Monsanto et al got the Food and Drug Administration to do its bidding with the latter's stamp of approval. The FDA does not require or conduct safety studies on genetically-modified organisms (GMO) and developers are free to provide what info they want on a voluntary basis.

Sixty-one major U.S. trading partners require the labeling. Big agra claims the labeling will falsely give the impression that GMO products are unsafe. At the same time, there are no independent studies showing they are safe.

Call Sens. Pat Vance or Rob Teplitz, voice your concerns, and request that they support this progressive bill so we have a choice.